Criminal Thinking Anonymous

07/02/2026

Some of our members with CPS as well as Danielle Smith the premier of Alberta at the sober stampede BBQ at Last Door

07/02/2026

Freedom Thought - July 2nd

07/01/2026

Freedom Thought - July 1s

07/01/2026

Freedom Thought - June 30th

06/29/2026

06/27/2026

"Coming Back Anyway"

I showed up somewhere that still carries mixed feelings for me. Even though the hurt from isn't completely gone, it's softened. And despite that sting, I'm still here - still contributing to the community that once held me up.

To do that, I had to put my pride in my pocket. I had to choose what actually matters: connection, community, and the part of me that knows where I come from. Little moments in life can turn us away if we let them.

Old wounds, bruised ego, expectations that don't match reality - all of it can pull me off the path. It has the power to stop progress unless I hand it over. Walking in, something shifted.

It felt familiar.

It felt grounding.

It felt like coming home in a way I didn't expect.

The feelings I thought I'd have weren't the ones that showed up.

Instead of resentment, there was acceptance.

Instead of distance, there was belonging.

Instead of tension, there was support.

Being back reminded me that recovery isn't about perfect circumstances - it's about showing up anyway.

I can still be hurt and still be connected.

I can still feel unsure and still contribute.

I can still grow even when the past isn't fully healed.

And that's progress.

06/27/2026

Freedom Thought - June 27th

06/26/2026

Freedom Thought - June 26th

06/25/2026

"Trusting the Process"

Progress has never been a straight line for me.

It moves in cycles - success, doubt, success, doubt.

Some days everything rises.

Some days nothing moves at all.

But when I look at the bigger picture, the

direction has always been upward, even with the dips.

Repeated attempts have taught me one thing: recovery is possible.

Not just possible - real.

I've lived enough change to know that the biggest enemy I face is myself.

I'm the one who wraps myself in problems of my own making.

I'm the one who complicates what could be simple.

Hope is what I used to rely on - the wish that things might turn out okay.

Hope is uncertainty with desire attached.

Faith is different.

Faith is built from experience.

Faith is doing something enough times to know that even when things aren't okay, they will be okay.

Faith is the memory of every time I made it through what I thought I couldn't.

Right now, I sit in that faith.

Even when I can't see the progress.

Even when the path feels slow or unclear.

I know from experience that things unfold the way they're meant to - even when it's not my plan.

Life has a way of working out, not because everything is perfect, but because I keep showing up.

I keep moving.

I keep trusting the process that has never failed
me.

I know things will unfold as they should.

I know I can handle what comes.

I know life can still be enjoyed, no matter what the moment looks like.

06/24/2026

Witnessing Growth and What It Stirred in Me

There was a moment recently that left me genuinely moved.

I watched someone choose spiritual principles over old instincts - choosing openness where there used to be resentment, choosing willingness where there used to be fear, choosing service where there used to be pride.

Seeing that reminded me of something the program teaches:

selfishness and self-centeredness are the roots of our disease.

Resentment, ego, pride - those are the things that kept me stuck for years. But watching someone rise above those instincts did something inside me.

It challenged me.

It humbled me.

It showed me what real open-mindedness looks like in action.

It wasn't about perfection.

It wasn't about pretending the past never happened.

It was about letting go of old burdens so something new could grow.

And witnessing that stirred something in me - a mix of respect, gratitude, and awe. It made me look at my own willingness, my own capacity to let go, my own responsibility to grow.

I felt inspired.

I felt challenged.

I felt grateful to see what recovery can look like when it's lived, not just spoken.

I want to grow like that too.